Author: StoreyBook Reviews

Excerpt – The Housekeeper’s Secret by Sandra Schnakenburg

  Synopsis A powerful memoir of love, secrets, and survival. When Lee Metoyer is hired to be the new housekeeper, she has no idea that she’s about to become the anchor to a family in an abusive patriarch’s home, setting a mystery in motion that will take decades to uncover. At the age of seventy-two, […]

Guest Post – Skylark by Megan Michelle

  Synopsis Being the first female Navy SEAL is no easy job, but someone’s got to dismantle the patriarchy. Rachel Ryker, call sign ‘Skylark,’ can outrun and outgun just about anybody, and with her second in command, Christopher Williams, by her side, she’s practically unstoppable. Christopher would follow Rachel to hell and back… or maybe […]

Excerpt& Giveaway – Whistling Women and Crowing Hens by Melora Fern

  Synopsis It’s the 1920s, and Birdie Stauffer is whistling on a train-traveling roadshow. To escape her strait-laced overbearing sister, Birdie auditions for the all-female Versatile Quintet, Chautauqua circuit’s opening act. Through the roadshow she experiences a modern era of shocking flappers and smuggled whiskey, with the camaraderie of newfound friends. Her exceptional gift of […]

Review & Giveaway – Once Upon a Time in Dollywood by Ashley Jordan

  Synopsis A playwright must grapple with her difficult year and writer’s block while falling for the single dad living next door in this emotional debut novel from Ashley Jordan. Eve Ambroise may be a rising star playwright, but her personal life is falling part. Desperate for a fresh start, she breaks up with her […]

Review- The Meaning of Murder by Walter Levis

  Synopsis The father of a modern orthodox Jewish family works as a compliance officer at a bank in New York. When he discovers that his bank is violating OFAC laws and funding terrorists in the Middle East he alerts the bank’s top brass. They ignore him. After struggling with the conflict between his position […]

Guest Post & Giveaway – Death at Rock Bottom by Kris Bock

    Death at Rock Bottom: A Paranormal Mystery (Reluctantly Psychic Murder Mystery) Paranormal Cozy Mystery 2nd in Series Setting – New Mexico Publisher ‏ : ‎ Tule Publishing Publication Date ‏ : ‎ July 30, 2025   Synopsis She can touch an object and sense the emotions of the people who’ve held it before… […]

Guest Post – Unearthed by Chanchal Garg

  Synopsis In this searing memoir, Chanchal Garg reveals the spiritual and sexual abuse that shattered her sense of self and forced her to question a life defined by duty and sacrifice. Raised as a devoted Indian daughter, she was taught never to question authority-until a transformative moment during a yoga class, while pregnant with […]

Review – The Understudy by Morgan Richter

  Synopsis An opera singer uncovers the dark secrets of her cruel and alluring understudy when a murder disrupts her disciplined world. “The first time my understudy tried to kill me was on the day we met. We got off on the wrong foot, Yolanda and I, and while most of that was due to […]

Spotlight – Apex to Abyss by Peter Niemann

  Synopsis The Western countries, especially the United States of America, are in decline. Our infrastructure is crumbling, our institutions are failing and our societies are becoming more and more unstable, and no end seems in sight. Why are American and Western companies lagging behind in comparison to their Asian competitors? Why is the American […]

Mystery Spotlight & Giveaway – Turning Towards Eden by Cate Touryan

    Turning Toward Eden Young Adult Mystery/General Fiction: Coming of Age, Historical Mystery, Literary Setting – California 1971 Publisher ‏ : ‎ Winged Publications Publication date ‏ : ‎ May 6, 2025 Print length ‏ : ‎ 350 pages Synopsis “Chasing the truth, huh? Sure you’re not running from it?” Hollis might be her […]